Railway-car



G. BAYH'A. RAILWAY GAR.

(No Model.)

Patented May 3l, 1892. Zzg/ NEW gm mufmrruu., msumomu, u. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

GEORGE BAYHA, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,844, dated May 31,1892.

Application filed February 5,1892. Serial No. 426.449. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BAYHA, of St. Louis, Missouri, have made anew and useful Improvement in Railway-Cars, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The present improvement is designed as a protectionJ to the employs andothers upon railway-trains against attacks from robbers. It is designedmore especially for express-cars.

It consists in what might be termed a fort arranged at any suitablepoint within the car and adapted tO receive the express-messenger in theevent the car is entered or attacked by persons attempting robbery orviolence to those in charge of the car and its contents. Theconstruction in question is large enough to receive one or a fewpersons, such as the express-messenger and such others as are likely tobe employed with him, and it is so constructed that they can readilyenter it and afterward close it against the entrance of others, and itis provided with loop-holes or other Openings through which the partiesWithin the fort can fire upon whoever may be within the car but Withoutthe fort, and it is Otherwise suitably constructed for the purposes inquestion, all substantially as hereinafter set forth and claimed, aidedby the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of anordinary express-car havin g the improvement, the side of the car boingbroken away to exhibit the fort; Fig. 2, a vertical section, upon anenlarged scale, of the fort; Fig. 3, a horizontal section on the line 33 of Fig.2; Fig. 4, a horizontal section on the line 4 4 Of Fig. 2, andFig. 5 avertical section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

A represents an Ordinary car.

B represents the fort. It may be arranged at any part of the car, and itis preferably located in the vicinity of the doorway c. It is usuallysecured to the car-floor a', both to steady it and to prevent it frombeing Overturned. It is of suitable height for a person to stand uprightwithin, and preferably somewhat higher. It can be entered through thedoorway b, which by the occupant can be closed by means of the door b',and the door can be fastened, say, by means of the springactuated latchb2. Ventilation is provided for at the Opening b3 between the roof b4and the wall h5 of the fort. In the present instance the roof issustained by means of the straps h6 and it overhangs the wall. There areloop-holes b7 for the occupants to fire through, and they are preferablyat a sufficient elevation to bring them above the head of the occupantwhen standing upright, and who can use them by raising his armsufficiently to bring his weapon into position to tire through them.Below the loop-holes are sight-holes bs, through which the occupant cantake observations. The tlangeb9 beneath the loop-holes aids in guardingthe occupant of the fort from shots from without. The entire structureis preferably composed of metal. The door b', instead of swinging, asshown, may be arranged to slide. The fort preferably has its own metalioor Z110, as shown.

I claiml. The combination, with a car, of a fort having the roof raisedabove its wall, the loopholes, the sight-holes, and the flange beneaththe loop-holes, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a car, of a fort, said fort having theloop-holes, the sight-holes, and the iiange, said flange being beneaththe loop-holes, and said sight-holes being below the loop-holes.

fitness myhand this 27th day of January, 1892.

GEO. BAYHA.

Witnesses:

C. D. MOODY, C. K. JONES.

